"excuse" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

excuse sustantivo

excuse + verbo
Kolokacji: 3
excuse says • excuse sounds • excuse makes
verbo + excuse
Kolokacji: 13
make excuses • find an excuse • give an excuse • offer an excuse • use the excuse • ...
adjetivo + excuse
Kolokacji: 61
good excuse • perfect excuse • poor excuse • only excuse • lame excuse • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 16
1. perfect excuse = doskonałe usprawiedliwienie perfect excuse
2. fine excuse = wyważone usprawiedliwienie fine excuse
3. vague excuse = niejednoznaczne usprawiedliwienie vague excuse
  • I even, with a straight face, used the vague excuse that I was concerned about terrorists!
  • Shipton muttered a vague excuse about the cut on his hand.
  • Jean asks to borrow Ugolin's mule, but is met only with vague excuses.
  • His employer would never accept vague and inexplicable excuses.
  • He apologises for being late and mutters a vague excuse: "The face .
  • Margaret made vague excuses for Barnabas but felt her daughter did not believe them.
  • Nancy needs to be kept company; Godfrey has some vague excuse for being away.
  • All they're looking for is a vague excuse to run away.
  • This should not be a vague excuse for rejecting countries wishing to accede to the European Union.
  • They made some vague excuse about garages giving them claustrophobia and could they view the items on sale.
4. transparent excuse = jasne usprawiedliwienie transparent excuse
(4) only, easy, ready
Kolokacji: 3
(6) convenient, handy, suitable
Kolokacji: 3
(8) plausible, convincing, glib
Kolokacji: 3
(12) mere, elaborate
Kolokacji: 2
(13) ready-made, tired
Kolokacji: 2
(14) phony, trumped-up
Kolokacji: 2
(15) welcome, favorite
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + excuse
Kolokacji: 7
of excuses • for an excuse • without excuse • with an excuse • to excuses • ...

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